. >>> you're watching cbs 5 eyewitness news in high definition. >>> i mean, he was the person i needed when i felt like my whole world had disappeared. >> tonight, we are turning our airwaves over to a woman who is disparate to find her mystery -- >> she says the man helped her and then disappeared. the two clues that could identify him. >>> >> i'm thankful to be alive. >> reporter: thankful, because her car flipped twice over a guardrail. a good samaritan came to her rescue. he was wearing military fatigues and knew how to respond in emergencies. >> he turned to the front of me and talked to me and did a quick physical exam to make sure i could feel, make sure my spine was intact and he just talked to me and kept me calm when i felt like i was going to pass out, when i was hyperventilating and not sure what was going on. >> reporter: she remembers he had bright green eyes. she says she remembers that detail because he told her to look into his eyes and keep talking and stay calm until paramedics arrived. when she got into the ambulance, he was right by her side. but she said then he j